Post by Elmach on Apr 11, 2011 4:16:06 GMT
(Note: Once I get a board, could someone move this there? Thanks)
Hello. Archaeologists have discovered a new ancient civilization: The one of Pastœlæz. We shall have a series of posts on Pastœlæn culture. Here, we shall talk about their language: Ɔlæ.
Nouns
Ɔlæ has a slightly different alphabet. Parts of it are in the following spoiler.
Æzerol [æzɛɹo̞l] (Near-open front unrounded vowel) (Capital: Æ, Lowercase: æ, Sound: [æ])
Ålazol [elazo̞l] (Close mid-front unrounded vowel) (Capital: Å, Lowercase: å, Sound: [e])
Anderæz [andɛɹæz](Open front unrounded vowel) (Capital: A, Lowercase: a, Sound: )
ɶgnæz [œgnæz](Open-mid front rounded vowel) (Uppercase: ɶ, Lowercase: œ, Sound: [œ])
Üliak [yliak](Close front rounded vowel, or Chinese yǘ (fish))(Uppercase Ü, Lowercase ü, Sound: [y])
Uneræz [ʊnɛɹæz] (Near-close near-back rounded vowel) (Uppercase U, Lowercase u, Sound [ʊ])
Elnæz [ɛlnæz] (Open-mid front unrounded vowel) (Uppercase E, Lowercase e, Sound [ɛ])
Oliak [o̞liak] (Mid-back rounded vowel) (Uppercase O, Lowercase o, Sound [o̞])
Ɔlak [ɔlak] (Open-mid back rounded vowel) (Uppercase Ɔ, Lowercase ɔ, Sound [ɔ])
Ilak [ilak] (Close front unrounded vowel) (Uppercase I, Lowercase i, Sound [i])
Gorolœn [go̞ɹo̞lœn] (Voiced velar plosive) (Uppercase G, Lowercase g, Sound [g])
Zærolœn [zæɹo̞lœn] (Voiced alveolar fricative) (Uppercase Z, Lowercase z, Sound [z])
Lœn [lœn](Alveolar lateral approximant) (Uppercase L, Lowercase l Sound [l])
Nælæz [Nælæz](Alveolar nasal) (Uppercase N, Lowercase n, Sound [n])
Þæålœn [θæelœn](Voiceless dental fricative) (Uppercase Þ, Lowercase þ, Sound [θ])
Torak [to̞ɹak] (Voiceless alveolar plosive) (Uppercase T, Lowercase t, Sound [t])
Hælnæz [hælnæz](Voiceless glottal fricative) (Uppercase H, Lowercase h, Sound [h])
Relnæz [ɹɛlnæz] (Alveolar approximant) (Uppercase R, Lowercase r, Sound [ɹ])
Pœnæz [pœnæz](Voiceless bilabial plosive) (Uppercase P, Lowercase p, Sound
Note that we are unsure whether or not this is the complete alphabet.
Now you may have noticed that several of the nouns have similar endings. Many languages have this feature. There are 5 declensions known so far, using the primary endings -ol, -æz, -ak, -œn, and -(vowel). There are three cases: Nominative (subject), Accusative (direct/indirect object), and Genitive (possessive). Gender and Number also cause differences; the Gender/Number combinations are Singular Masculine, Singular Feminine, Singular Neuter, and Plural. The primary endings are used when the nouns themselves are talked about (which has no Gender or Number), and are usually the Singular Neuter Accusative form as well. Below are the charts.
NOTE: CHARTS NOT FINALIZED, ELEMENTS PRONE TO CHANGES MARKED WITH QUESTION MARK
Now, you are probably wondering what nouns there are. So, we will put in a vocabulary chart.
All letters of the alphabet are nouns.
All colors are nouns, when in the right form.
Xalæ [xalæ]: Tree
Pælœn [pælœn]: Person
A note on Names: The Surname is Genitive, the Common Name is whatever the noun is.
Adjectives
Nouns with Genitive case are considered adjectives. Here are some other adjectives.
First off, here are some numbers. As you can see, the Pælœ Pastœlæn have a duodecimal base system; they use base 12.
mux [mʊx]: 0
üx [yx]: 1
ox [o̞x]: 2
ux [ʊx]: 3
ex [ɛx]: 4
æx [æx]: 5
unax [ʊnax]: 6
ülax [ylax]: 7
olax [o̞lax]: 8
ulax [ʊlax]: 9
elax [ɛlax]: 10
ælax [ælax]: 11
ümalox [ymalox]: 12
eherax: [ɛhɛɹax]: 144
<prefix>lox [lo̞x]: 123(prefix), where <prefix> is a root of a number; olox means 126, or 1,000,000twelve (ümalox); lox by itself means 1728 (123)
Colors would also be a good thing to add.
elæx [ɛlæx]: red
rax [ɹax]: blue
lux [lux]: green
Conjunctions
As of now, we have only two conjunctions; we are certain more will be found later.
Major: Form used to connect independent clauses, and such. Connects large scale structures. Stuff like that. Used as in "Fred went to the park, and Barney went to the zoo."
Nominative Minor: Used as in "Fred and Barney went to the park."
Accusative Minor: Used as in "Fred went to the park and the zoo."
Genitive Minor: Used as in "The red, blue, and polka-dotted balloon was at the park."
Verbs
I promised verbs, but we found very few. Here is the only one we have right now:
aikrom: eat (present)
To be continued...
Sentence Structure
This section is under construction
A sentence begins with a verb, then has a subject, then an option object.
The subject is a noun in nominative form, optionally followed by adjectives.
The object is a noun in accusative from, optionally followed by adjectives.
If there are multiple adjectives, the word "o" (and) or "ɔ" (or) should separate them.
Notes
NOTE: This post is incomplete and may be changed at any time.
LATEST CHANGES
5/18/2011 change: Fixed small error (Adjectives doesn't have xa at the end, just x), Fixed English Grammatical Error (Conjunction Genitive Minor), Modified Sentence Structure section, Added Adjectives-Colors (Red, blue, and green), Added the letter Walak
5/11/2011 change: Fixed small error (Pastœlæ -> Pastœlæz), added Adjectives sections, which contains a discussion on Numbers, the Conjunctions sections with "and" and "or", and the Verbs section, with one verb (aikrom). Also added Sentence Structure section.
5/5/2011 change: Added some nouns, names, combined Dative into Accusative.
5/5/2011 change: Fixed all the IPA pronunciations; all of them are correct.
5/4/2011 change: Added IPA pronunciations of vowels; only vowel letters are guaranteed to be correct.
4/21/2011 change: Fixed spellings of some words, added declension information, removed NOTE 2
4/20/2011 change: Fixed spellings of some words, added letter "X", added NOTE 2, turned Ǣ into Å.
Hello. Archaeologists have discovered a new ancient civilization: The one of Pastœlæz. We shall have a series of posts on Pastœlæn culture. Here, we shall talk about their language: Ɔlæ.
Nouns
Ɔlæ has a slightly different alphabet. Parts of it are in the following spoiler.
Æzerol [æzɛɹo̞l] (Near-open front unrounded vowel) (Capital: Æ, Lowercase: æ, Sound: [æ])
Ålazol [elazo̞l] (Close mid-front unrounded vowel) (Capital: Å, Lowercase: å, Sound: [e])
Anderæz [andɛɹæz](Open front unrounded vowel) (Capital: A, Lowercase: a, Sound: )
ɶgnæz [œgnæz](Open-mid front rounded vowel) (Uppercase: ɶ, Lowercase: œ, Sound: [œ])
Üliak [yliak](Close front rounded vowel, or Chinese yǘ (fish))(Uppercase Ü, Lowercase ü, Sound: [y])
Uneræz [ʊnɛɹæz] (Near-close near-back rounded vowel) (Uppercase U, Lowercase u, Sound [ʊ])
Elnæz [ɛlnæz] (Open-mid front unrounded vowel) (Uppercase E, Lowercase e, Sound [ɛ])
Oliak [o̞liak] (Mid-back rounded vowel) (Uppercase O, Lowercase o, Sound [o̞])
Ɔlak [ɔlak] (Open-mid back rounded vowel) (Uppercase Ɔ, Lowercase ɔ, Sound [ɔ])
Ilak [ilak] (Close front unrounded vowel) (Uppercase I, Lowercase i, Sound [i])
Gorolœn [go̞ɹo̞lœn] (Voiced velar plosive) (Uppercase G, Lowercase g, Sound [g])
Zærolœn [zæɹo̞lœn] (Voiced alveolar fricative) (Uppercase Z, Lowercase z, Sound [z])
Lœn [lœn](Alveolar lateral approximant) (Uppercase L, Lowercase l Sound [l])
Nælæz [Nælæz](Alveolar nasal) (Uppercase N, Lowercase n, Sound [n])
Þæålœn [θæelœn](Voiceless dental fricative) (Uppercase Þ, Lowercase þ, Sound [θ])
Torak [to̞ɹak] (Voiceless alveolar plosive) (Uppercase T, Lowercase t, Sound [t])
Hælnæz [hælnæz](Voiceless glottal fricative) (Uppercase H, Lowercase h, Sound [h])
Relnæz [ɹɛlnæz] (Alveolar approximant) (Uppercase R, Lowercase r, Sound [ɹ])
Pœnæz [pœnæz](Voiceless bilabial plosive) (Uppercase P, Lowercase p, Sound
)
Xailnæz [xailnæz](Voiceless velar fricative) (Uppercase X, Lowercase x, Sound [x])
Walak [ʍalak] (Voiceless labio-velar approximant) (Uppercase W, Lowercase w, Sound [ʍ]
Note that we are unsure whether or not this is the complete alphabet.
Now you may have noticed that several of the nouns have similar endings. Many languages have this feature. There are 5 declensions known so far, using the primary endings -ol, -æz, -ak, -œn, and -(vowel). There are three cases: Nominative (subject), Accusative (direct/indirect object), and Genitive (possessive). Gender and Number also cause differences; the Gender/Number combinations are Singular Masculine, Singular Feminine, Singular Neuter, and Plural. The primary endings are used when the nouns themselves are talked about (which has no Gender or Number), and are usually the Singular Neuter Accusative form as well. Below are the charts.
NOTE: CHARTS NOT FINALIZED, ELEMENTS PRONE TO CHANGES MARKED WITH QUESTION MARK
| -ol | Singular Masculine | Singular Feminine | Singular Neuter | Plural |
| Accusative (Object) | -ok | -ox | -ol | -ɔl |
| Nominative (Subject) | -og | -el | -el | -ɔg |
| Genitive (Possesive) | -oug | -ål | -ål | -ɔug |
| -æz | Singular Masculine | Singular Feminine | Singular Neuter | Plural |
| Accusative (Object) | -æg | -æt | -æl | -æz |
| Nominative (Subject) | -æk | -æÞ | -æ | -ælz |
| Genitive (Possessive) | -æl | -æn | -æn | -æg |
| -œn | Singular Masculine | Singular Feminine | Singular Neuter | Plural |
| Accusative (D. Object) | -œz | -œx | -œl | -œ |
| Nominative (Subject) | -œz | -œx | -œn | -œ |
| Genitive (Possessive) | -œs | -œxel | -œls | -œz |
| -ak | Singular Masculine | Singular Feminine | Singular Neuter | Plural |
| Accusative (D. Object) | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Nominative (Subject) | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Genitive (Possessive) | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| -(vowel) | Singular Masculine | Singular Feminine | Singular Neuter | Plural |
| Accusative (D. Object) | -(vowel)lük | -(vowel)kük | -(vowel)hük | -(vowel)xæ |
| Nominative (Subject) | -(vowel)lüg | -(vowel)küg | -(vowel)xüg | -(vowel)hæ |
| Genitive (Possessive) | -(vowel)lülæ | -(vowel)külæ | -(vowel)xülæ | -(vowel)hæl |
Now, you are probably wondering what nouns there are. So, we will put in a vocabulary chart.
All letters of the alphabet are nouns.
All colors are nouns, when in the right form.
Xalæ [xalæ]: Tree
Pælœn [pælœn]: Person
A note on Names: The Surname is Genitive, the Common Name is whatever the noun is.
Adjectives
Nouns with Genitive case are considered adjectives. Here are some other adjectives.
First off, here are some numbers. As you can see, the Pælœ Pastœlæn have a duodecimal base system; they use base 12.
mux [mʊx]: 0
üx [yx]: 1
ox [o̞x]: 2
ux [ʊx]: 3
ex [ɛx]: 4
æx [æx]: 5
unax [ʊnax]: 6
ülax [ylax]: 7
olax [o̞lax]: 8
ulax [ʊlax]: 9
elax [ɛlax]: 10
ælax [ælax]: 11
ümalox [ymalox]: 12
eherax: [ɛhɛɹax]: 144
<prefix>lox [lo̞x]: 123(prefix), where <prefix> is a root of a number; olox means 126, or 1,000,000twelve (ümalox); lox by itself means 1728 (123)
Colors would also be a good thing to add.
elæx [ɛlæx]: red
rax [ɹax]: blue
lux [lux]: green
Conjunctions
As of now, we have only two conjunctions; we are certain more will be found later.
| Major | Nominative Minor | Accusative Minor | Genitive Minor | Meaning |
| a | æ [æ] | œ [œ] | ɔ [ɔ] | or |
| e [ɛ] | å [e] | i [i] | o [o̞] | and |
Major: Form used to connect independent clauses, and such. Connects large scale structures. Stuff like that. Used as in "Fred went to the park, and Barney went to the zoo."
Nominative Minor: Used as in "Fred and Barney went to the park."
Accusative Minor: Used as in "Fred went to the park and the zoo."
Genitive Minor: Used as in "The red, blue, and polka-dotted balloon was at the park."
Verbs
I promised verbs, but we found very few. Here is the only one we have right now:
aikrom: eat (present)
To be continued...
Sentence Structure
This section is under construction
A sentence begins with a verb, then has a subject, then an option object.
The subject is a noun in nominative form, optionally followed by adjectives.
The object is a noun in accusative from, optionally followed by adjectives.
If there are multiple adjectives, the word "o" (and) or "ɔ" (or) should separate them.
Notes
NOTE: This post is incomplete and may be changed at any time.
LATEST CHANGES
5/18/2011 change: Fixed small error (Adjectives doesn't have xa at the end, just x), Fixed English Grammatical Error (Conjunction Genitive Minor), Modified Sentence Structure section, Added Adjectives-Colors (Red, blue, and green), Added the letter Walak
5/11/2011 change: Fixed small error (Pastœlæ -> Pastœlæz), added Adjectives sections, which contains a discussion on Numbers, the Conjunctions sections with "and" and "or", and the Verbs section, with one verb (aikrom). Also added Sentence Structure section.
5/5/2011 change: Added some nouns, names, combined Dative into Accusative.
5/5/2011 change: Fixed all the IPA pronunciations; all of them are correct.
5/4/2011 change: Added IPA pronunciations of vowels; only vowel letters are guaranteed to be correct.
4/21/2011 change: Fixed spellings of some words, added declension information, removed NOTE 2
4/20/2011 change: Fixed spellings of some words, added letter "X", added NOTE 2, turned Ǣ into Å.
